| | | The oesophagus is a muscular tube that conveys food from the pharynx to the stomach. It is lined by a hard-wearing multi-layered epithelium. In these four pictures, a section through the oesophagus is shown at increasing magnification. | 
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low magnification | 
medium magnification | 
high magnification | 
highest magnification |
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